Increased Capacity and Enhanced Security Features, Apricorn’s Encrypted Portable Drives Make Safeguarding Your Data Easier Than Ever
Apricorn announced the introduction of the 750GB capacity to its award-winning Aegis Padlock Series of external hard drives, fulfilling demand from consumers and business for higher capacity secure personal storage. As the Virtual Office concept has gained wider acceptance, employees in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Education sectors are increasing remote operations, either on the road or at home offices. As such, the need for high capacity secure portable storage has never been greater. Priced under $200, this new capacity drive affordably satisfies this need.
Easy to set up and use, the Aegis Padlock’s integrated hardware encryption, software-free design, and ability to work on any platform makes it ideal for corporate deployments and is perfect for business travelers looking to secure their data on the road. Access to the drive is protected by the user’s unique PIN and takes just minutes to set up. With the ability to store several PINs in addition to an Administrator’s PIN, the Aegis Padlock also makes a powerful and secure business collaboration tool.
In striving to meet customer requirements and suggestions, the Aegis Padlock’s key features are the result of creating custom mobile storage solutions for customer needs, adhering to their unique security polices and requirements. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: USB World
- Filed under: USB News
- Date: Oct 25,2010
LaCie debuted sleek USB 3.0 hard drives for your desktop or pocket – the LaCie Minimus and LaCie Rikiki USB 3.0.
Proving size does matter, LaCie delivers the industry’s fastest transfer speeds at 5Gb/s* in its ultra-small Rikiki form factor – perfect for users that refuse to sacrifice performance for mobility; and the LaCie Minimus – for users that enjoy their terabytes as much as desk space.
Complementing their remarkably small sizes, the Rikiki and Minimus hard drives are encased in sturdy brushed aluminum for an elegant aesthetic appeal. The aluminum offers resilience from blunders, improved heat dissipation, and is fully recyclable.
Designed to be simple from the inside out, the Rikiki and Minimus come with LaCie’s Software Suite to ensure seamless setup and backup support for Mac or PC. Additionally, each product comes with 10GB of Wuala online storage so you can securely store and share files online. Read the rest of this entry »
Iomega Corporation announced new host-powered Iomega External USB 3.0 SSD Flash Drives, rugged solid state drives utilizing the blazing fast speed of the USB 3.0 interface and the security of built-in encryption – the perfect portable storage device for high-end users, creative professionals and others who demand the best in performance, security and portability.
Leveraging EMC’s world class solid state expertise and implementation in enterprise network storage solutions, Iomega’s new pocket-sized 1.8-inch external USB 3.0 SSD Flash drives will be available in early November in 64GB*, 128GB and 256GB capacities.
Encased in a sleek metal enclosure that not only looks great but delivers added protection from drops up to 10 feet, Iomega’s new SSD Drives feature 256-bit hardware encryption for security, bundled anti-virus and backup software, a three-year warranty and the superior performance of solid state drives that users expect in state-of-the-art storage from Iomega.
“When time is money and you need the latest technology in portable storage, Iomega’s new high performance external solid state drives are the ideal solution,” said Jonathan Huberman, president of Iomega Corporation. ”Iomega’s new external USB 3.0 SSD drives are compact, rugged portable storage devices that deliver data transfer speeds considerably faster than any standard rotating disk drives, as well as the confidence that comes with a solid industrial design, hardware encryption and the complete Iomega Protection Suite to protect users’ important files, all of which makes Iomega’s new SSD Drives the storage of choice for high-end users who demand the ultimate in performance and portability.” Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: USB World
- Filed under: USB News
- Date: Oct 15,2010
Acromag’s new compact USB-Isolator provides a protective barrier between connected USB devices to prevent equipment damage or errors from ground loops, high-voltage spikes, or conducted noise.
This compact, industrial-rated USB isolator provides a high-voltage isolation barrier for USB 2.0 or 1.1 connections from computers to USB devices. It is useful to protect against over-voltage conditions caused by electrical surges and transient voltage spikes. Isolation also helps to eliminate ground loop errors and will minimize conducted noise from static discharge, magnetic fields, and radio frequency interference. Acromag’s isolator offers high noise immunity with low radiated emissions for reliable data transfer in sensitive applications. Industrial-grade features offer additional control for advanced users, and the unit is designed to meet UL/cUL and CE approval requirements. Typical applications involve process control devices, automation equipment, test and measurement systems, and medical instrumentation. The $99 isolator is less than 1 x 2.5 x 2 inches and includes a USB host cable. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: USB World
- Filed under: USB News
- Date: Oct 12,2010
Industry’s Fastest USB 3.0 Controller IP Core now Certified by the Official USB Body
The silicon intellectual property (IP) provider, Evatronix SA, announced its high performance SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Device Controller IP core has been officially certified by USB Implementers Forum, the organization behind the USB standards, as fully compatible with the latest version of the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 specification.
The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Device Controller from Evatronix is a complete digital IP solution that matches the very strict USB-IF criteria for specification compliance.
“The certification is yet another evidence for the excellent technical expertise of our engineers,” says Wojciech Sakowski, President of Evatronix. “But even more important, our customers now have the security to work with a core that is guaranteed to fully meet the tough USB 3.0 specification requirements. This cuts design costs and precious development time at their end even further.” Read the rest of this entry »